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WTVR Black
Advisory Council
Offers Scholarships
The WTVR Black Advisory Council will
once again award three $800 scholar­ships
to students.
The scholarships are effective for study
in the junior or senior year or for study in
graduate school. A student who intends
to complete his course of study in the
middle of the academic year will not be
eligible unless graduate work begins im­mediately.
The applicant must be presently (or
previously) enrolled in a discipline pur­suant
to a degree in mass communica­tions
or an allied field (journalism).
The applicant will be selected on the
Time's Up
For The
Times
basis of ability, interest, scholarship, per­sonal
characteristics and need.
Scholarships will be awarded for a
period of one year only-normally two
semesters or three quarters. Current
scholarship holders are not eligible for
reappointment.
The scholarships are available to Vir­ginia
minority students pursuinga degree
in a Virginia college or university, ap­proved
by the BAC. For further informa­tion
write the Black Advisory Council,
WTVR-TV, A.M.lF.M., P.O. Box 11342,
Richmond, VA 23230. The deadline for
applications;s January 31,1982.
•
Labor Department
Statistics: 9.5
million Jobless
With the New Year in, many Americans
have resolved to find themselves a job.
However, the old adage, "it is easier said
than done" can readily be applied to
today's state of unemployment.
Recently the Labor Department re­por'
'that the national unemplo)ll1lent
rat", use to 8.9 percent, leaving some 9.5
million people jobless.
Labor Department statistics report that
since July two-thirds of the 2 million
additional unemployed ,workers were
men.
Atthe end of 1981 the male household
heads rated 5.8 percent unemployment
while female household heads chart-ed
at 10.65 percent.
Today's workers encounter more diffi­cult
situations than those in the past.
In 1975, according to reports in News­week
magazine, two-thirds of the unem­ployed
received jobless benefits of one
kind or another. Today, tightened eligibil­ity
standards have reduced that number
to only 40 percent and the benefits now,
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WTVR Black
Advisory Council
Offers Scholarships
The WTVR Black Advisory Council will
once again award three $800 scholar­ships
to students.
The scholarships are effective for study
in the junior or senior year or for study in
graduate school. A student who intends
to complete his course of study in the
middle of the academic year will not be
eligible unless graduate work begins im­mediately.
The applicant must be presently (or
previously) enrolled in a discipline pur­suant
to a degree in mass communica­tions
or an allied field (journalism).
The applicant will be selected on the
Time's Up
For The
Times
basis of ability, interest, scholarship, per­sonal
characteristics and need.
Scholarships will be awarded for a
period of one year only-normally two
semesters or three quarters. Current
scholarship holders are not eligible for
reappointment.
The scholarships are available to Vir­ginia
minority students pursuinga degree
in a Virginia college or university, ap­proved
by the BAC. For further informa­tion
write the Black Advisory Council,
WTVR-TV, A.M.lF.M., P.O. Box 11342,
Richmond, VA 23230. The deadline for
applications;s January 31,1982.
•
Labor Department
Statistics: 9.5
million Jobless
With the New Year in, many Americans
have resolved to find themselves a job.
However, the old adage, "it is easier said
than done" can readily be applied to
today's state of unemployment.
Recently the Labor Department re­por'
'that the national unemplo)ll1lent
rat", use to 8.9 percent, leaving some 9.5
million people jobless.
Labor Department statistics report that
since July two-thirds of the 2 million
additional unemployed ,workers were
men.
Atthe end of 1981 the male household
heads rated 5.8 percent unemployment
while female household heads chart-ed
at 10.65 percent.
Today's workers encounter more diffi­cult
situations than those in the past.
In 1975, according to reports in News­week
magazine, two-thirds of the unem­ployed
received jobless benefits of one
kind or another. Today, tightened eligibil­ity
standards have reduced that number
to only 40 percent and the benefits now,
•••••••••••• InsidetbeInk
. 2
.................................................. 7
......................................... 9
.......................... .................... 10
',liOCi,,,mioiO'Jan.25/ Feb.2 J L"lS2